Presentation 2019-01-16
Agricultural Knowledge Management Using Smart Voice Messaging Systems
Naoshi Uchihira, Masami Yoshida,
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Abstract(in English) The use of the Internet of Things (IoT) in agricultural knowledge management systems is one of the most promising approaches to increasing the efficiency of agriculture. However, the existing physical sensors in agriculture are limited for monitoring various changes in the characteristics of crops and may be expensive for the average farmer. We propose a combination of physical and human sensors (the five human senses). By using their own eyes, ears, noses, tongues, and fingers, farmers could check the various changes in the characteristics and conditions (colors of leaves, diseases, pests, faulty or malfunctioning equipment) of their crops and equipment, verbally describe their observations, and capture the descriptions with audio recording devices, such as smartphones. The voice recordings could be transcribed into text by web servers. The data captured by the physical and human sensors (voice messages) are analyzed by data and text mining to create and improve agricultural knowledge. An agricultural knowledge management system using physical and human sensors encourages to share and transfer knowledge among farmers for the purpose of improving the efficiency and productivity of agriculture. We applied one such agricultural knowledge management system (smart voice messaging system) to a greenhouse vegetable farm in Hokkaido. A qualitative analysis of accumulated voice messages and an interview with the farmer demonstrated the effectiveness of this system.
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Keyword(in English) IoT / Agricultural Information Management System / Awareness / Knowledge Transfer / Smart Voice Messaging System
Paper # MSS2018-77,SS2018-48
Date of Issue 2019-01-08 (MSS, SS)

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Committee MSS / SS
Conference Date 2019/1/15(2days)
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Chair Morikazu Nakamura(Univ. of Ryukyus) / Akio Nakata(Hiroshima City Univ.)
Vice Chair Shigemasa Takai(Osaka Univ.) / Takashi Kobayashi(Tokyo Inst. of Tech.)
Secretary Shigemasa Takai(Toshiba) / Takashi Kobayashi(Osaka Univ.)
Assistant Hideki Kinjo(Okinawa Univ.) / Shinpei Hayashi(Tokyo Inst. of Tech.)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Mathematical Systems Science and its applications / Technical Committee on Software Science
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Agricultural Knowledge Management Using Smart Voice Messaging Systems
Sub Title (in English) Trial Experiment at Greenhouse Vegetable Farm
Keyword(1) IoT
Keyword(2) Agricultural Information Management System
Keyword(3) Awareness
Keyword(4) Knowledge Transfer
Keyword(5) Smart Voice Messaging System
1st Author's Name Naoshi Uchihira
1st Author's Affiliation Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(JAIST)
2nd Author's Name Masami Yoshida
2nd Author's Affiliation Agrisensing LLC(Agrisensing)
Date 2019-01-16
Paper # MSS2018-77,SS2018-48
Volume (vol) vol.118
Number (no) MSS-384,SS-385
Page pp.pp.127-132(MSS), pp.127-132(SS),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2019-01-08 (MSS, SS)